Samsung planing on releasing Galaxy Folder?

We don't know if this is true or not but there are images showing a new Samsung Galaxy phone with a folding form factor. We have to admit we haven't seen one of those in a while. The phone will be having a traditional look but with never hardware and software (android, or maybe tizen?). All in all, this phone looks like and interesting piece.

If we can trust the leaked images, the phone is going to feature two displays. One is going to be on the inside and one on the outside. When you open the device you are going to be greeted with a classic numeric keyboard which most smartphone users have forgotten about. Another cool feature could be the dual sim option. Hardware is going to be standard Samsung, dualcore Snapdragon procesor and 2 GB of RAM.

Dell XPS 12 Duo ft. Windows 8

This year’s IFA in Berlin is packed with new tech running Windows. New phones running Windows Phone 8 like the ATIV S from Samsung and also a bunch of laptops, tablets and also tabtops (a crossroad between a laptop and tablet) like the ATIC Smart PC also from Samsung running Windows 8.

                But we also have a new device believe it or not from Dell. Dell showed off its new laptop the XPS 12 Duo running Windows 8. The device wouldn’t be so special if it didn’t have a form that you never seen before.

                On first sight it seems that it’s just a normal laptop but once the lid is open you will see that it isn’t that normal at all. When open you can turn the display inside out independent from the bottom (keyboard) part. Once turned around you get a fully functional Windows 8 tablet.

             

                Hardware vise underneath the hood of the XPS 12 Duo you have Core i5 or i7 processor, 4 or 8 GB of working memory, SSD drive, Full HD display (that’s 1920 x 1080 pixels) and other additions which are normal for this kind of device.

                More information this fall, during October when The XPS 12 Duo tabtop will hit the market parallel with Windows 8.

Samsung turning pages? Introducing the ATIV series

                It seems that after the verdict of the Californian court and after paying Apple 1 million $ Samsung turned its back to Google and Android seeing that it brought him no good. Now Samsung is changing its strategy and focusing more and more on the Windows platform. Samsung introduced a lot of new devices on IFA 2012 in Berlin already and one of the biggest is Samsung’s ATIV series of devices.

                Samsung ATIV series is a lineup of devices running on the Windows platform. Samsung introduced a notebook called the ATIV Smart PC and ATIV Smart PC Pro. The ATIV Smart PC is designed for Windows 8 RT and the ATIV Smart PC Pro is designed for Windows 8 Pro. This is a transformer notebook. Or is it a tablet with a keyboard dock? Well it’s both. This notebook comes preinstalled with Windows 8 but is fully compatible with Windows 7. When the tablet is docked in to the keyboard dock you get a bigger battery life. Samsung says this is a device for great portability and maximal productivity.

                Another device from Samsung new lineup is the ATIV S a new and first Windows Phone 8. This phone packs some great specs, with a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor, 4g LTE connectivity, 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED screen. The phone shares the design principles that were used in designing the new Galaxy S 3.

                When the ATIV line sis going to hit the market remains a mystery as well as the price of this devices.

Samsung ATIV S – first to run Windows Phone 8

This year's IFA 2012 fair which is held in Berlin is going to be packed with new stuff from the world of ICT technology. A real treat comes from Samsung which presented the ATIV S the first phone running the new Windows Phone 8 platform.

                The device is enveloped in a thin 8.7 millimeter thing aluminum housing, it contains a Super AMOLED 4.8 inch screen (Corning Gorilla Glass 2), dual-core 1.5 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM memory, back-facing camera of 8 megapixel and a front one which is 1.9 megapixel and it comes in two versions one 16 GB and one 32 GB of internal memory.

                This phone is a classic example of the new design principles in Samsung which they first introduced with the Galaxy S III.When and at what price is the ATIV S going to hit the market remains a mystery. 

It's official the new Galaxy Note 2

This has been rumored for a while and finally Samsung unveiled their new generation of the last-year’s Galaxy Note, the completely new Galaxy Note 2. Samsung unveiled it at the IFA 2012 fair in Berlin.

                From the images it is clear that Samsung completely embraced the design principles of the Samsung Galaxy S III.

                The Galaxy Note 2 has a HD Super AMOLED screen which is 5.5 inches (16:9 aspect ratio), a completely new S Pen which is bigger, longer and overall more ergonomically designed for perfect holding. 1.6 GHz quad-core processor, it has HSPA Plus or 4G LTE connectivity, it’s running Android 2.1 Jelly Bean (which is Androids latest and greatest), it comes in version of 16, 32 or 64 GB of internal memory with the possibility of expanding the storage via microSD card, the battery is a giant 3100mAh and a back camera which is 8 megapixels and a front one which is 1.9 megapixels.

                The new Galaxy Note 2 is available in marble white and titanium silver and it’s expected to hit the market on October throughout Europe, Asia and countries of the Middle East. 

To check the full galery of pictures and videos go to http://samsungifa2012.com/

Samsung's next big step in inovation ft. Windows 8

As you can see from the picture the word is about a tablet with a keyboard dock. The tablet is probably going to feature a S pen that we've seen in the Galaxy Note line. The tablet is going to run Windows 8.

We are used to see Samsung's name next to the words lawsuit or Apple, but today we write about something completely different from Samsung. Samsung posted a video on Youtube which shows just the siluete and lines of a new product.

It’s not completely sure about what kind of mobile device it’s all about, but there is a keyboard visible and also a stylus which is integrated in the housing of the device. This suggests that this device will be a clear competition to the whole rain of tablets coming this fall. This device is supposed to be presented on IFA in Berlin which is starting in just few days.

In the video the device is under the slogan ‘’Something smart is coming’’ and in the video Samsung uses a lot of Leonardo Da Vinci like visual references with which they are trying to show that it’s truly word of innovation.

In the description of the video Samsung says: ‘’ The time is near for the big reveal! Take a look at this video for a glimpse into our newest Windows-8-ready innovation’’. So we know that this device is going to have a keyboard and a touch screen and if it is not coming with Windows 8 it’s sure that it’s going to be compatible.

Week Recap

This week was an interesting one in the world of tech. All eyes from the tech world were pointed at the Apple vs Samsung lawsuit, we also had a few leaks and more.

A lot of hipe was around the icopedance of Zuckerberg to run a huge company like Facebook, so we wrote about why Mark is not right for the place of CEO of Facebook. Also on Monday we had a leak of new Windows Phone 8 Nokia phones, to to be exact. One is supposed to be a new Lumia and the other one to be a new Nokia Phi. Reed here

Microsoft changed its logo after a full 25 years using the old one. This was all over the news because the new logo uses Microsoft's ''modern'' look which means they are really serious about the new interface. Reed here

The big news this week was the Apple vs Samsung lawsuit, actually there were two lawsuits one was in South Korea and one in California, the one in Korea was won by Samsung, some of Samsung’s and Apple’s older phones will not be sold in South Korea anymore. The one in California, however was won by Apple (apple sewing Samsung for stealing their design and UI patents) and Samsung had to pay 1,05 billion $ to Apple. Story 1 & Story 2

Apple's lawsuit against Samsung - Apple wins, gets 1,05 billion dollars

It was a furious fight but it seems that Apple had won in the end. But we think in this case it is
safe to say '' The battle has been won but not the war'' - we think this is just another
lawsuit in Apple's attempt to rule the market.

Finally after 21 hours of presenting their explenation the jury of the Californian court brought a unanimous decision -  Samsung is guilty for breaking Apples pettent rights.

Apple's representatives told that they are really happy that justice has been served and that the court sent a clear message that theft is not allowed.

On the other hand Samsung's representatives told that this is a huge loss for American public and that this dosen't mean anything but more expensive phones and lack of inovations.

At least this part of the saga between Apple and Samsung is over - for now. It is sure that  one or even both sides appeal against the final verdict of the Californian court. After all the court ordered Samsung to pay Apple 1.05 billion $ in compensation which is reasonably less than the innicial 2.75 billion $ that Apple asked from Samsung.

Apple loses, Samsung didn't copy Apple design

As we are still waiting for the final verdict of the Californian court, in part of the Apple vs Samsung lawsuit where Apple is looking for 2,5 billion $ compensation, the final sentance of the southkorean court. Samsung did not copy Apple's design of the iPhone and the iPad.

Also the verdict states that Apple is guilty of using Samsung's patents in wirelles technology, but Samung is guilty of using Apples patent of ''bouncing'' display when reaching the end of the menu.

The district court in Seoul introduced a partial stop of distribution of Apple's and Samsung's older products the iPhone 3GS , iPhone 4 as well as the first and second gen iPad, also Samsungs Galaxy S II, the new Galaxy S III and iPhone 4s are safe for sale for now. Of course the verdict is for the southkorean market only.

This is Samsungs small win in it's home court but we still need to see what the Californian court will say in its final sentence.

A smartphone without the phone? - Samsung Galaxy Player

The team at SamMobile blog have put their hand on a piece of information involving Samsung to announce the multimedia device Galaxy Player at the cosumer electronics fair IFA 2012 in Berlin.

Judging by the photo Of the Samsung Galaxy Player it has the same design principles as the Galaxy S III but without the function of the classic mobile phone (telephoning). Of course, nothing is stopping you to communicate trough apps like Viber, Skype etc. thanks to the fact that this device is running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

The rest of the Galaxy Player's specs are dimensions of 165,8 x 85,9 x 10,8 milimeters, a 223 gram weight, a 5,8 inch screen, dual-core processor clocked at 1GHz, 1 GB of RAM, 3 MP bac camera and a front-facing VGA camera, the battery has a 2500 mAh capacity.

More details on this device and also the Galaxy Note 2 will be known after the keynote on IFA 2012.

Rumour Fridays - Galaxy Note 2

This friday we bring you the rumour and our thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 the phone/tablet also know as phablet.
This hybrid has a screen of 5.3 inches which is massive. Till now it has been sold in 10 million copies. And after this succes we bring you the latest rumours about the Galaxy Note 2.

1. The Note 2 will be announced at IFA Berlin this year. IFA Berlin is held every year and this year will be on 31st August till 5th of September.


2. Even larger screen? - there were a few rumour that the second generation of this phablet will have a even bigger screen size up to 5.5 inces but retaining the same size of the phone.

3. S Pen- we think that we will be seeing some enhancements to the S Pen and some S apps (which are used with the S Pen). If you didn't know the S Pen is now used in the first gen Note and the new Note 10.1 tablet.

4. Precessing power - We think and hope that the Note 2 will have a quad core chipset making it realy fast and smooth.

5. Better cameras - every new gen phone that comes out has a better camera system then the last gen. The first gen Note had a 8 MP camera with LED flash, the Note 2 will probably have a 10 or 12 MP with dual LED flash.

6. Android - the Note 2 is sure to come with Android 4.1 jelly bean preinstaled on it. The Jelly Bean update is the latest one from Googles android system.

Concept Tuesday's - BlackBerry on Windows Phone

 You know the internet is full of concepts, before the iPhone launch there are tons of new concepts, Samsung concepts and more. But today we have a more unusual concept a BlackBerry concept running Windows Phone 8.

Designer Valentin Gallard has given us an insight into how BlackBerry might look like on Windows Phone - and to be honest the thing seems just right. There are no pretencius details or technologies, and in the light of the old story that RIM is consulting with Microsoft we might see something like the Wind concept in the bright future.

This isn't the first concept Valentin has done (neither the last we hope) that involves BlackBerry and Windows Phone even though it seems realy legit - especialy becouse it integrates the BlackBerry services into the OS.

The concepted phone would be run on a dual core processor clocked on 1.5 GHz with 1GB of RAM. It karakterizes with the 4 inch display with a resolution of 1024x600 and with the part of the industrial design the device is almost fully covered with Gorilla glass 2 (the front and the back). There are also dual cameras, an 8 MP one on the back and a 2 MP on the front. There is also something that Valentin has come up with called the ''powepad'' which is a specialy designed and adaptable button.

Even if it is less likely that RIM is going to parter with Microsoft there is nothing wrong in fantasising - especialy if the result is a well designed device like this one.

Source and design : Yanko Design